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This year we’re celebrating the 80 th anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein! In July 1942, the Theatre Guild announced – and The New York Times shared – that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were teaming up for their first collaboration: a musical adaptation of Green Grow the Lilacs. That musical would eventually become Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!
Hammerstein also served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and to Steven Sondheim, who met Hammerstein when he was still very young. Sondheim credits his success with the lyrics to West Side Story to Hammerstein's influence and guidance. Oscar Hammerstein II died of stomach cancer on August 23, 1960, at his home in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Oscar Hammerstein II. Writer: State Fair. Oscar Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and musical theatre director from New York City. He won a total of 8 Tony Awards for his best known works, "South Pacific" (1949), "The King and I" (1951), and "The Sound of Music" (1959). He twice won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his songs "The Last Time I ...
Oscar Clendenning Hammerstein II was born into a great theatrical family on July 12, 1895, in New York City. His grandfather, Oscar I, was an opera impressario and showman.
12 de jul. de 2022 · Adam Gopnik writes about a collection of Oscar Hammerstein II’s letters, and how the correspondence casts light on the iconic Broadway lyricist and librettist’s mastery of the theatrical ...
Hammerstein served as a mentor to Alan Jay Lerner, and had an especially close relationship as mentor to the young Stephen Sondheim. His best lyrics are characterized by an outer simplicity and inner depth of feeling, as well as a sharp attention to character. Oscar Hammerstein II died on August 23, 1960 at Highland Farms, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Oscar Hammerstein II. (Nueva York, 1895-1960) Libretista y comediógrafo estadounidense. Era sobrino del empresario de ópera norteamericano, de origen alemán, Oscar Hammerstein I, propietario del Manhattan Opera House. El ambiente artístico que respiró en su entorno familiar desde su niñez le condujo a orientar sus pasos profesionales por ...
